Arizona Daily Star
A man suspected of driving a car carrying migrants near Sierra Vista was killed Sunday night after being hit by a passing vehicle while fighting agents along a highway, the sources said. officials say.
The incident began around 10 p.m. when a deputy with the Cochise County Sheriff’s Department pulled over on Arizona 92, south of the city, an official news release said.
The driver was found smuggling immigrants and had a fight with a lieutenant who was trying to handcuff him, the news release said.
During the struggle, a passing car narrowly missed the deputy but crashed into the driver.
The man was taken to hospital but was confirmed dead.
The lieutenant was not injured.
The driver of the car that hit the man fled. The car, which is only described as a bright or sliver colored sedan, has front end damage, according to the release.
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“The vehicle our agents stopped was involved in smuggling illegal immigrants and was found in the trunk. Fentanyl was found near the stopped vehicle,” Sheriff Mark Dunnells said Monday. said in a statement.
Nearly 43,000 people will die in road accidents in 2021, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This is up from about 39,000 deaths in 2020.
